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New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, New Braunfels, Texas New Texas November 1991 Page 8 SUCCESS STORIES A LOOK AT SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN NEW BRAUNFELS AND COMAL COUNTY Insurance company provides dedicated service By DAVID SULLENS Editor and Publisher The greatest strength of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Agency in New accord ing to General Agent Merritt CLU is just the fact that we believe in Schumann Every client hears from us every year and some of them have heard from us for 38 That dedica tion to service is Schumann And that appre ciation shows in the fact that the local agencys current renewal ratio is 93 Schumann says he feels a sort of debt to those he Its hard to he after a lengthy he I have never worked for a Everything I have I owe to the people who do business with Im self I dont have a but I really have But Schumanns dedication to service is visible beyond his busi Over the he has served as president of the presi dent of the Noon Lions pres ident of the Chamber of Commer president of the Good Govern ment a member of the New Braunfels Independent School Districts Board of Trus and president of the United He has been presented New Braunfels ISOs Silver Unicorn Award and he was presented the Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerces Besserung Award in He was Republican Coun ty Chairman for several years and served on the State Republican Executive He also is a past president of the New Braun fels Industrial Foundation and a member of the Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors for six He is active in the First Protes tant where he served as Sunday School superintendent for 25 years and has been president of the Schumann is a New Braunfcls He graduated from New Braunfels High School in from the University of Texas at He served in the Navy for three most of that time at When he left the he was aboard USS Schumanns is the archivist for the Sophienburg The couple have five daughters and Schumann is proud of the fact that all five of them have bachelors degrees and three have masters Iris herself holds two degrees and serves on the Texas Historical Anne Schumann Schu manns youngest joined the firm in She is a 1988 gra duate of the University of She is married to Keith She has chosen to follow in her fathers footsteps by making a career with Minnesota Anne is involved with the Chamber of Republi can and Texas Other members of the firm have similar records of community involvement and Elton for is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and was United Way Campaign Chairman and who joined Minnesota Mutual in has a who is a senior at New Braunfels High and a Merritt who is in the seventh His wife Kay is nutritionist Jeff life insurance experience began in joined Minnesota Mutual in He is a past president of the Downtown Rotary Club the father of two serves as a Cub Scout He is married to Denise Mund attended Baylor Universi ty on a full football graduating in He proudly From Milton George Anne Schumann Merritt Jeff Norvel Elton Reneau and Ray mond wears a Southwest Conference championship Norvell who lives in joined Minnesota Mutual in A graduate of Uni he and his have two Raymond Farrington joined the local firm in A retired Air Force he and his wife Eve make their home in San Milton who has 51 years of life insurance first joined Minnesota Mutual in He and his have one CLtTr founded the New Braunfels agency in He is past president and life member of the New Braunfels Lions He is married to Mar garet He also lead the campaign to pass a bond issue that resulted in building New Braunfels High All of these Schumann are dedicated to meet ing the needs of those they With over 135 years of com bined experience we are a profes sional fife group of he We dont just sell We determine the needs of those who come to us and then we advise based on those taking into consideration many other important And Schumann is proud of Min nesota He speaks of the companys having let his agency build on his own philosophy of service over the years and he points to the fact that it one of only a handful of insurance firms that has consistent ly earned top ratings from estab lished rating including an rating from rating from Standard Poors and Aal rating from Moodys Inves tors Services the company offers life disability mutual major medical individual and group and Barbara haa been office manager for eight years and From eftare George and Merritt who joined the firm in 1953 and replaced Nowotny when he retired in 1971 Anne Rhynaburger has been with the company for six Pnot03 by Bill Ervin EDITORS NOTE Success Stories is an advertorial feature stories abpwt successful businesses which are sponsored in part by the businesses Success Stories will appear in the New Braunfels I larald2eitung through Successful New Braunfels and area businesses which will be featured in the series include BECKER MOTOR COMPANY 547 South Seguin New Braunfels 6253463 BLUEBONNET MOTORS 315 Seguin Nuw Braunfels 6258Q11 CENTURY 21 NORRIS LAFARQE 604 Seguin New Braunfels 6258061 DON MAXWELL CHEVROLET 386 San Antpnip New Braunfels 6253451 HOFFMANN AGENCIES 447 Seguin New Braunfels 6257502 KRAFT MOSHLETEL Seguin New 6297466 KRUEGER MAZDA IH35 New BiaMnfels 620 1 Solms Wald Roads 3115Q7 New Braunfela 6257338 MILT FERGUSON MOTOR 699 San Antonip New Braunfels 6252361 MINNESOTA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE 1000 Walnut New Braunfels 6252368 TXI CEMENT COMPANY 8 Box 109 New Braunfels Excellence through team work